Hello, It’s been a while. I haven’t written a blog for the better part of a year, but it’s for a good reason. I’ve been working on content. I have the first novel for two different series completed, one horror series and one urban fantasy, and I’m working on books two and three of theContinue reading “Website Under Construction”
Tag Archives: short story
3 Stories, 3 Submissions, 3 Updates
I managed to finish the two stories I was working on in time to submit them to their competitions. It was down to the wire, and if I’m honest they could have used more time, but I’m happy I pressed myself and finished
Mazes: A Weekend Double-Feature
Hello all, It’s been a while since my last post. January was another month where life got in the way of writing. I’m thankful I have stable employment, especially during such a trying time. Still, over the last month, it took a bit more out of me than usual. Truth be told, I haven’t hadContinue reading “Mazes: A Weekend Double-Feature”
Writing Partner: Working With a Group, Part 2
As I discussed in my last post I took a break from my book to write a new short story. It was a weird one and I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. Well, I finished! It’s also turned out quite well. What’s more surprising, is that this project’s writing partners turned out pretty nicely in their own right.
Writing Partner: Working with a group
As a reward to myself, I decided to take a break this week and work on a new short story. As usual, it’s a weird one. A strange combination of the occult stuff I tend to write and click-baiting, meme inducing, article titles. Because I suddenly had a new story on my hands, I proceeded to the next step. You know what it is.
Some Assembly Required
The crib was one of those kit builds. Just twelve pieces total and all the hardware was included. Even so, John struggled with it.
Writing Partner: A Killing Machine
Its blade may be dull and its armor rusted but don’t underestimate the danger of this machine. It has one goal and it will never stop.
Writing Partner: Two For One Rehabilitation Special
Fixing up two old minis while working on two new stories.
Writing Partner: Mythic Goals Sometimes Require An Army
For this task I knew it would be hard to pick a writing partner. I’m going to be writing multiple pieces with only the genre of horror and the theme of myth connecting them. No one miniature would do. Some tasks need an army. This one needed two.
Writing Partner: Traveling with an Octopus
I finished my travel writing story and I’m pretty happy with it! Fingers crossed it makes the top ten for the contest I entered. I’m also pretty happy with how my octopus turned out.
Jacob Marsh 